We're looking forward to seeing you at the Staten Island Bus Hackathon this Saturday! In preparation, please see the doc here to help you get a feel for the day's schedule, challenge and FAQs: http://bit.ly/SI_primer

You are welcome to start thinking through your ideas and working with the data. Data analysts, planners, coders and otherwise interested people are welcome to participate. We're excited to see what you create!
As always, please reach out if you have any questions.

You'll need a Google Drive account to access your temporary free BigQuery account (see this doc for easy instructions). AND you'll need to sign up for the Google Group with the associated account. By signing up for this group, your account associated with this email address will be provided with additional queries.

We're thrilled to inform you that data for this Saturday's Bus Hackathon is live!
Please click here to download: http://bit.ly/SIBusData
We'll have it pre-loaded on BigQuery and CartoDB on the day of the event.

There are three data sets; two from MTA New York City Transit (BusTime data and bus boardings; and a 2009 Travel Survey with trip purposes) and one from the Taxi and Limousine Commission (taxi trips to and from Staten Island). They are intended to inform participant solutions for the hackathon.

Again, we have a waitlist, so if you're unable to make the event, please…